January 5, 2010Comments are closed.attitude, customer service, mandatory desexing, shelter procedure
I’ve blogged about Bill Bruce and the City of Calgary before, but this video although nearly two hours long, is a must see, as every word of it is pure genuis. Bill Bruce is the Director of Animal and Bylaw Services at the City of Calgary, whose animal control department has achieved a +90% level […]
Continue readingJanuary 4, 2010Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing
A gem from Dr Kersti Seksel at the Cat Alliance of Australia’s yearly symposium – as always astoundingly fascinating and genuinely entertaining: At the end is the full video, but here are some snippets of goodness: Mandatory cat desexing We talk about cat overpopulation, I think that’s a misnomer. It’s shelter overpopulation. I’ll show you […]
Continue readingJanuary 3, 2010Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing
When animal welfare groups lobby for cat welfare, we generally campaign to enact a host of cat control measures; compulsory registration, microchipping, desexing and confinement laws. These we say, are the key to reducing cat euthanasia and neglect. But what happens in a community when everything we wish for… comes true? One council in Victoria […]
Continue readingNovember 20, 2009Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing
Proponents of mandatory desexing legislation seem to be of the opinion that anyone who opposes it must be somehow disconnected from animal sheltering, an animal hater or just plain ignorant. So Dr Harry Corbett got referred to as all of these things when he pointed out to Melton compulsory desexing supporters, that applying laws to […]
Continue readingNovember 4, 2009Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing
The National Squalor Conference is the first international conference of its kind and is being held in Sydney tomorrow. Focusing on addressing the community impacts of social isolation, poverty, accommodation problems and mental health, disability and aged care issues, it looks to move beyond ‘blaming’ people for their situation and instead offer support to the […]
Continue readingOctober 26, 2009Comments are closed.council pound, mandatory desexing, No Kill
While it’s easy to demonstrate a pound model that isn’t working (see yesterday’s post), I’d like to take the time to investigate a model that does work for comparison. As they say, you can’t argue with results. Below an image that represents the City of Calgary in Canada’s intake/return/rehome rate for dogs (click to download […]
Continue readingOctober 8, 2009Comments are closed.attitude, mandatory desexing
If you needed proof that the overwhelming majority of Australian pet owners, don’t only love their pets, but make provisions for them during times of financial crisis, check this video: If you had a child that needed a particular medicine, you would find the money from somewhere. The same for any member of your family, […]
Continue readingAugust 2, 2009Comments are closed.attitude, mandatory desexing, No Kill
When you work in rescue, it’s assumed you unquestioningly support mandatory desexing. And should you dare to point out the very genuine problems inherent in this legislation, you’ll likely find yourself up against one oldest and most revered of all rescue mantras; people are irresponsible and we must punish them”. Ignoring those studies which have […]
Continue readingJanuary 28, 2009Comments are closed.mandatory desexing
I know we’ve been over this again and again and again, but once the animal welfare groups have been granted compulsory registration legislation and it not only fails, but increases killing, they can then force the governments hand to compulsory desexing. .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Queensland cat lovers will soon be forced to take responsibility for their moggies […]
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